DREAMING STORIES

The teachings of the Dreaming stories come under three main headings and they are: rules for living, teachings on the natural environment and teachings on the spiritual world.
Some Adnyamathanha Dreaming stories are as follows.
- "The Eagle and the Crows" (Urrakurli, Wakarla and Wildu), teaches responsibility within the kinship, the effects of jealousy and revenge, and laws regarding marriage.
- "We Came from the Land" teaches how areas around the Flinders Ranges were created and the origins of opal.

- "How the Moon got in the Sky" teaches lessons on greed, food taboos and marriage.
- "Mother's Helper" teaches the importance of family.
- "The Seven Sisters" tells of the hibernation pattern of reptiles and the constellations in the sky.
- "The Euro and the Kangaroo", tells how the Northern Flinders Ranges were created, the differences between the euro and the kangaroo and lessons on morals such as greed.

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